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# eagerly

«eagerly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that shows you really want to do or have…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (eagerly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that shows you really want to do or have something and are excited about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#m1)

2) Keenly and with much interest: «We listened eagerly.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Stories use «eagerly» to show excitement: «She eagerly opened the present.» Alice eagerly follows the White Rabbit; the Mole eagerly learns about boats. Common phrases: «eagerly awaited», «eagerly waiting», «nodded eagerly».

### examples

- The children eagerly waited for the bell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x1)
- The puppy eagerly wagged its tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x2)
- Alice ran eagerly after the White Rabbit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x3)
- We eagerly opened the box of new books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x4)
- The film was eagerly awaited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x5)
- «Can I come?» asked the Mole eagerly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x6)
- “And back to Kansas?” she asked eagerly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/#x7)

### note

From «eager» + «-ly». Do not confuse «eagerly» (excitedly) with «anxiously» (worriedly).

### In the corpora

- [The Mole climbed in eagerly; the Rat only snorted and stayed outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/31/)
- [As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, and as a hireling that looketh for his wages;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.152/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eagerly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eagerly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.